Teneriffe disk.



No. 780,208. PATENTED JAN. 17, 1905. L. M. LOWE.

TENERIFPE DISK.

AIPLIATION FILED JUNE 6.1903.

Ezmar 177. L om( STATEs NITE Patented January 17, 1905.

PATENT EEICE.

TENEHlF-'FE DISK..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,208, dated January 17, 1905.

Application filed .Tune 6, 1903. Serial No. 160,449.

To au whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that l, LUELLA M. Lowe, a citi- Zen ofthe United States,i'esiding at Canadian, in the county of Hemphill and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Device for Making' leneriffe Lace, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in devices of that class employed in the manufacture of Tenerilfe lace, and. has for its principal object to provide a disk or holder by which the crossing threads may be firmly confined in place while the operator is interweaving the remaining; threads to form the,

desired design.

A further object of the invention is to pro'- videa device of this character in which provision is made for the manufacture of Tenerilie lace in different patterns and in pieces of diul'erent sizes by the employment of a sing'le holder.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which the body portion is provided with a plurality7 of loop-engaging fingers or similar` members in connection with a movable or detachable guard which may bel placed in position to cover the outer ends of said ling'ers.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being' understood that various changes in the form, proportions,` and minor details of construction may be made without departing' from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying' drawings, Figure l is a plan View of a device for making Teneriife lace constructed in accordance with the in* vention. Fig'. 2 is atransverse sectional elevation of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig'. 3 is a detail view of one of the removable er detachable loop-engaging' lingers.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding' parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The device forming the subject of the present invention is designed more especially to firmly hold the crossing' or substantially radial strands of thread in place while the operator interweaves the crossing threads to form the desired design.

Referring' to the drawings, l designates the body portion of the device, in the. present instance of disk-like form, although its shape maybe changed in accordance with the design or the shape of thc piece of lace to be woven. In the upper surface of vthe body portion are arranged a number of grooves E2, these in the present instance being shown as concentric, although they may be otherwise arranged and, in place of heilig' circular, hexg agonal or any other desired form. The grooves are separated by ribs 3, and in the ribs are formed radially-aliuing openings 4L for the reception of loop-holders 5. The loopholders are shown in the present instance as headed pins, the points of which extend through the riulially-alining openings andare preferably embedded in a central disposed disk 7, that may form an integral part of the body portion, while the heads of the pins will project beyond the dish or the body portion for a sul'licient distance to hold the loops in the preliminary arrangement of the warpthreads that form the foundation of the lace fabric.

ln using' the device the end of a thread is knotted, and one of the pins is withdrawn to the required distance, depending on the diameter of the piece of lace to be made, and then the point of the pin is forced through this knot. The thread is then passed in a diametrical or substantially diametrical line to the opposite side of the center of the disk, and the pin at this point is withdrawn a suflicient distance to receive the loop, after which the thread is carried backward and forward any desired number of times and at each outer point is looped under one of the pins, thus forming a warp or foundation in which may be woven the threads for the formation of the required design. When the foundation has been formed, a removable guard 8 is placed in position over the outer ends of the lingers or pins and lirmly holds all such lingers or pins in place, so that it becomes impossible IOO for the loops to accidentally disengage from the pins.

It Will of course be understood that Where it is desired to manufacture only a single size a number ol' grooves may be dispensed with and a single groove be employed, and it will further be understood that all of the grooves may be dispensed with and the loops litted to the heads of the pins or fingers that project beyond the periphery of the disl; or body portion. l The guard which holds the lingers or pins in place may be of any desired construction, but preferably is in the form of a band of rubber, that Will be held in place by its inherent tendency to contract around the periphery of the disk.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is* 1. In a holder for laoework, the combination With a member having a plurality of projecting loop-engaging lingers, of a guard covering the outer ends of said lingers.

2. In a holder for lacework, the combination of a member having a plurality of proj ecting loop-engaging lingers, and a contractile guard covering the outer ends of said lingers.

3. In a holder for lacework, a grooved body portion, and pins crossing the groove and serving as loop-holders.

4. ln a holder for lacework, a body portion having a plurality ol' grooves, and intervening ribs, the ribs having radially-alining openings, and removable loop-holders adapted to said openings.

5. In a holder for laceWork, a body portion having a plurality of alternately-disposed and concentric ribs and grooves, the ribs having radially-alining openings, and radially-movable pins extending through said openings, the outer ends of said pins projecting beyond the periphery of the disk.

LUELLA M. LOVE.

Witnesses:

NETTIE l/I. BANDY, ANNIE L. EsTEP. 

